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Sumner presents mid-biennial budget amendment; staff outline labor realignments and capital adjustments

Sumner City Council (study session) · November 18, 2025
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Finance staff presented the 2025-26 mid-biennial budget amendment covering labor reorganizations (creation of a Public Operations Department and added FTEs), reallocations across funds, revenue true-ups, grant adjustments, capital transfers and IT investments; the amendment is scheduled for public hearing next week and ordinance adoption Dec. 1.

Finance staff presented the 2025-26 mid-biennial budget amendment (Ordinance 2945), telling council the mid-biennial review is both a statutory requirement and an opportunity to realign revenues and expenditures across funds for transparency and operations.

Staff outlined major labor and organizational changes: creation of a Public Operations Department (realigning public works and engineering), hiring of an interim public…

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